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Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

November 12, 2026

From the Battle of Fallujah to the Battle for My Soul

On this episode of Our American Stories Fernando Arroyo knew exactly what he wanted to do after watching the September attacks unfold from his high school classroom Within weeks he enlisted in the U S Army and volunteered for the nd Airborne Division By Arroyo was fighting in Fallujah where his first combat mission ended with him killing an insurgent and confronting a question that would follow him home What kind of man had war made him After three combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan Arroyo returned home carrying nightmares anger and a loss of purpose he couldn't escape Eventually [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

November 06, 2026

Brownie Wise: The Woman Who Made Tupperware a Household Name

On this episode of Our American Stories Brownie Wise didn't invent Tupperware but she turned it into an American institution A single mother with little formal education Wise discovered a talent for direct sales and eventually convinced inventor Earl Tupper to take his plastic containers out of department stores and sell them through parties held in American homes Tupperware parties Mary Lisa Gavenas tells how Wise rose to become Tupperware's vice president of sales built a nationwide army of mostly female sellers and transformed the Tupperware party into a cultural phenomenon of s America But after landing on the cover [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

November 06, 2026

Dan Sickles: The Civil War General Who Donated His Own Leg to a Museum

On this episode of Our American Stories Dan Sickles lived the kind of life that sounds almost invented The New York politician murdered his wife's lover Philip Barton Key just blocks from the White House and then became the first defendant in American history to successfully use a temporary-insanity defense A few years later the Civil War gave the disgraced congressman an unlikely second act Gettysburg National Military Park Ranger Matt Atkinson tells how Sickles raised a brigade for the Union rose to major general lost his right leg at Gettysburg and donated the amputated limb to the Army Medical [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

November 05, 2026

The German Immigrant Who Became New York’s Queen of Thieves

On this episode of Our American Stories Frederica Mandelbaum arrived in New York from Germany in with her husband infant daughter and very little money She began by selling lace door-to-door on the Lower East Side but poverty and limited opportunities soon pushed the ambitious immigrant toward a very different kind of business buying stolen goods and reselling them for a profit Marguerite Fox former New York Times obituary writer and author of The Talented Mrs Mandelbaum shares how Frederica built one of the most powerful criminal networks of Gilded Age New York before one tiny strip of stolen silk [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

November 04, 2026

Annie Oakley: Sharpshooter, Showwoman, American Legend

On this episode of Our American Stories Annie Oakley was still a child when she began hunting to help feed her struggling family in Ohio Before long her extraordinary skill with a gun was helping pay off the family mortgage winning her shooting contests and eventually leading her to defeat professional marksman Frank Butler the man she would later marry Our American Stories contributor Faith Buchanan and others tell the story of how Oakley rose from poverty to top billing in Buffalo Bill's Wild West performing before packed crowds in New York London and Paris and becoming one of the [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

November 03, 2026

The Story of America: The Most Divided Election in American History [Ep. 16]

On this episode of Our American Stories in the United States faced one of the most uncertain moments in its early history Tensions that had been building since the presidential race came to a head as John Adams and Thomas Jefferson battled for the future of the country There's a reason it is considered one of the most divisive elections in American history Tensions ran so high that many feared the republic might split apart When Thomas Jefferson ultimately emerged as the winner of the election of the nation witnessed something rare in history a peaceful transfer of power As [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

November 02, 2026

David George Built a Church While Running Toward Freedom

On this episode of Our American Stories David George was enslaved captured and chased across colonies before he found anything close to freedom But something else held through the chaos his faith After escaping bondage George helped plant the roots of what would become the Black Baptist Church in North America Historian Woody Holton author of Black Americans in the Revolution and a professor of history at the University of South Carolina shares how David George's story shaped the foundations of Black religious life in North America and explains why his legacy continues to matter today Support the show https [... more]

A Call to the Nation

Carter Conlon

November 01, 2026

When You Come to the Crossroads, Take the Crossroad

A Lighthouse in Darkening Times I'm so thankful for Pastor Tim and I know you are too I'm thankful for the clarion call that is going out from this pulpit and going all over the world By God's grace we're going to continue to lift up our pastor and pray for him And for the burden you have no idea I do Many of you don't have any idea the weight that this pulpit puts on a man It's a phenomenal weight I used to say years ago when I came through the Lincoln Tunnel when I lived in New [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 31, 2026

Halloween: The Strange and Storied History of an American Holiday

On this episode of Our American Stories every October porches glow with carved pumpkins and streets fill with costumed children but the roots of Halloween reach much deeper than candy and costumes The holiday began as All Hallows' Eve a night of remembrance that blended Christian and Celtic traditions When Irish and Scottish immigrants arrived in the United States they carried those customs with them reshaping the celebration into something distinctly American Historians Lesley Bannatyne and Lisa Morton explain how an ancient ritual became a modern holiday and why Halloween in America continues to reflect both superstition and joy Lesley [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 30, 2026

Louis Prima: The Italian-American Showman Who Made America Swing

On this episode of Our American Stories Louis Prima never seemed to play a song so much as throw a party It was a style he came by naturally growing up among the Sicilian families brass bands and jazz funerals of New Orleans with the sound of Louis Armstrong's trumpet ringing in his ears By the s Prima had taken that New Orleans spirit to the nightclubs of New York's nd Street He blew his horn cracked jokes worked the crowd and wrote a song called Sing Sing Sing that would become one of the defining hits of the swing [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 27, 2026

The Real Doc Holliday Behind the Tombstone Legend

On this episode of Our American Stories Doc Holliday is one of the most famous figures of the American Old West known for his friendship with Wyatt Earp and his role in the gunfight at the O K Corral Movies and television have turned him into a legend but the real Doc Holliday was far more complicated than the popular portrayals suggest Historian Roger McGrath joins us to tell the true story of John Henry Doc Holliday the Southern dentist who became a gambler gunslinger and enduring figure of frontier history Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate Support [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 27, 2026

John Cazale: The Greatest Actor You Don't Know

On this episode of Our American Stories John Cazale never became a movie star He never received an Academy Award nomination and his film career lasted only six years Yet Al Pacino considered him an acting idol Meryl Streep fell in love with him and every one of the five films he appeared in was nominated for Best Picture Jonjo Powers author of A Small Perfection John Cazale and the Art of Acting shares the remarkable story of the man who brought Fredo Corleone to life made some of Hollywood's greatest actors better and died at just years old with [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 26, 2026

My Dad Never Made Much Money, But He Was a Very Wealthy Man

On this episode of Our American Stories Chet Leuliette came home from World War II with little money and no high school diploma but with a determination to build a better life for his family He sold potato chips raised his son in a home where money was often scarce and quietly spent his life helping the people around him Former automotive executive Tim Leuliette remembers the father who would give up his own lunch so his son could buy the Weekly Reader helped a child with birth defects receive treatment at a Shriners hospital and never believed his own [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 26, 2026

The Real Al Capone: Prohibition, Power, and the Making of a Legend

On this episode of Our American Stories Al Capone became the most famous gangster in America but Laurence Bergreen argues that his rise would have been almost unimaginable without Prohibition Born to an Italian immigrant family in Brooklyn Capone found his opportunity in the vast underground economy created when the government outlawed alcohol eventually rising to the top of Chicago's criminal world while cultivating the public image of a businessman and local benefactor Bergreen author of Capone The Man and the Era separates the man from the legend tracing Capone's rise his conviction for tax evasion his imprisonment at Alcatraz [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 23, 2026

Rudyard Kipling’s Triumphant and Tragic Life Beyond The Jungle Book

On this episode of Our American Stories Rudyard Kipling became one of the most famous writers of his age giving the world The Jungle Book Just So Stories Gunga Din and If In he became the youngest person ever awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature But behind that success was a life marked by an abusive childhood controversy and devastating loss The History Guy shares the story of Kipling's remarkable rise from colonial India to literary fame the years he spent writing in Vermont and the deaths of two of his three children including his son John during World War [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 23, 2026

The Story of America: Winning the Great War, Losing the Great Peace [Ep. 44]

On this episode of Our American Stories America entered World War I late but its arrival helped change the course of the conflict By the fall of more than a million American soldiers were fighting through the Argonne Forest as Allied forces pushed Germany toward collapse On November the guns finally fell silent The United States and its allies had won the Great War but deciding what should come next would prove far more difficult As part of our ongoing Story of Us Story of America series Dr Bill McClay author of Land of Hope shares the story of America's [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 22, 2026

The Flushing Remonstrance and America’s First Fight for Freedom

On this episode of Our American Stories in Governor Peter Stuyvesant ordered residents of New Netherland to help enforce his campaign against religious dissenters especially Quakers Thirty residents of Flushing refused In a petition now known as the Flushing Remonstrance they declared that they would not persecute peaceful people simply because they worshiped differently Larry Reed President Emeritus of the Foundation for Economic Education tells the story of this remarkable early defense of religious liberty and the punishment its signers faced for defying Stuyvesant Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donateSee [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 22, 2026

Deborah Sampson: The Woman Who Snuck Into George Washington’s Army

On this episode of Our American Stories Deborah Sampson wanted to serve her country but women were barred from joining the Continental Army So in the Massachusetts woman put on men's clothing enlisted under the name Robert Shurtliff and began a remarkable military career while trying to keep her true identity hidden Marilyn Gilbert Komechak author of Deborah Sampson The Girl Who Went to War shares the story of how Sampson went from an indentured servant who taught herself to read and write to a soldier in George Washington's army Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate Support the [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 20, 2026

Milton Hershey: The Man Who Made Chocolate for Everyone

On this episode of Our American Stories Milton Hershey failed again and again before he ever became America's chocolate king After a struggling candy shop in Philadelphia bankruptcy and years spent learning from confectioners around the country Hershey finally found success with caramels Then at the height of that success he took another enormous gamble chocolate Don Papson of the M S Hershey Foundation and Amy Zeigler of The Hershey Story Museum share the story of how Hershey learned to mass-produce affordable milk chocolate built a factory and community around it in Pennsylvania and ultimately gave much of his fortune [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 19, 2026

The Unlikely Making of The Godfather

On this episode of Our American Stories the director was a renegade filmmaker who'd never made a profitable picture The producer was hired because he could stay below budget The star had a reputation for being difficult A formula for disaster No the makings of one of the greatest films of all time Here to tell the story is Harlan Lebo author of The Godfather Legacy Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donateSee omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]